Carson McCullers sipped sherry while, down the hall, the burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee typed her mystery novel with three-inch fingernails, and, downstairs, Benjamin Britten and Paul Bowles fought over practice space.
Maybe it had something to do with fact that during the recording of their genre-defining For Those Who Fear Tomorrow album, downstairs from Nine Inch Nails' studio in Clevo, the band were consuming a sheet of acid, weekly, bought from Filter's singer Richard Patrick.
With help from her brother, who lives just downstairs in a small studio apartment, she pushed furniture against walls and set up canvasses on every available inch of space.
They recall a huge flood in 2003, and a couple of inches of water in 2012, but this year two floods in quick succession brought 28 inches of water to their downstairs room.
Virtually every inch of the gallery -- upstairs, downstairs, in between -- is hung with something, and the accompanying labels amount to a dizzying roll call of art historical names from Titian to Edward Hopper.
He displayed the platinum record in the studio's decrepit downstairs bathroom, propped up against the wall, a few inches from the toilet.
It has two neat guest bedrooms, a woodstove downstairs, and walls 18 inches thick.
Virtually every inch of the town house -- upstairs, downstairs, in between -- is hung with something, and the accompanying labels amount to a dizzying roll call of art historical names from Titian to Edward Hopper.
The downstairs living area is the skinniest spot in the house, 35 inches wide.
